Pair Of Vintage Bretby Art Pottery Nursery Rhyme Bookends Models 3262 and 3263

These are very kitsch chalkware Pair Of Vintage Bretby Art Pottery Nursery Rhyme Bookends Models 3262 and 3263. They are a matt dark creamy yellow in colour. The surface is scuffed rubbed in places, but there are no chips, cracks or restoration.

The Maker’s marks on the base include:-

• The model numbers 3262 on one and 3263 on the other
• Made in England
• The Bretby ‘Starburst’ trademark

They date from the Art Deco period but I can’t give a definitive date, probably 1930s whilst still owned by Tooth & Co. Ltd.

The characters are from the following nursery rhymes:-

One is little Jack Horner with his thumb in the pie (3262)

Little Jack Horner
Sat in the corner,
Eating a Christmas pie;
He put in his thumb,
And pulled out a plum,
And said, ‘What a good boy am I!'

and the other figure is Little Miss Muffet sat on her Tuffet (3263).

Little Miss Muffet
Sat on a tuffet,
Eating her curds and whey;
Along came a spider
Who sat down beside her
And frightened Miss Muffet away.

They would look great in a child’s bedroom, on a book shelf, or as a welcome and unusual addition to an Art Pottery collection. They also could be painted as some actually were when first manufactured.

NB: Accessories shown in the photographs are not part of the sale and are for illustrative purposes only. The images have been taken with and without flash, hence the colour differences.

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